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Alltel Wireless today announced the addition of “texting” to its “My Circle” offer. Starting today, “My Circle” customers with a “My Circle” message pack starting at $7.99 can send and receive unlimited text/video/picture messages to anyone in their “Circle,” as well as other Alltel Wireless customers.

Customers can choose from several message packs including plans for $7.99 or $12.99 which provides users 400 or 1,000 additional text/video/picture messages, respectively, to communicate with consumers outside of their “Circle” or that are not Alltel customers. For customers seeking unlimited messaging, Alltel Wireless still offers the $19.99 All Access Pass that includes unlimited messaging and mobile web. “My Circle” message packs can be added to any “My Circle” five, 10 or 20 calling plan.

In addition to the “My Circle” message packs, Alltel is also introducing new “My Circle” Family Choice Plus plans. For $84.99 per month, customers will receive two lines with 1,000 shared minutes and the ability to call any 10 numbers on any network. Also, customers can receive two lines with 2,000 shared minutes and unlimited calling within their “Circle” of 20 numbers for $114.99. In addition to the unlimited calling within their “Circle,” Family Choice plan customers will receive unlimited mobile-to-mobile calls and unlimited nights and weekends. Customers will also have the ability to choose either free evening calls starting at 7PM or 1,000 text/picture/video messages the plans include unlimited texting to their “Circle of Friends” and other Alltel customers.

If you are in love with the Xperia X1 high resolution display screen, you might want to take a look at this O2 XDA Vista too. Reported on it168 chinese website, O2 XDA Vista will be available in China soon with a selling price of around 500 USD.

With a similar design as the Toshiba G900, it has a 3-inch WQVGA display screen at 800 x 480 pixel. Powered by the Intel XScale 520MHz cpu, the O2 XDA Vista will also has a standalone NVIDIA GoForce 5500 GPU. According to the NVIDIA GoForce info, the NVIDIA GoForce 5500 is able to delivers a host of multimedia features, including:

• able playback H.264, WMV9 and MPEG-4 video up to D1 resolution at 30 frames per second (fps)
• Compatible with major mobile TV standards including DVB-H, ISDB-T, and DMB networks
• include surround sound processor to deliver an immersive audio experience in the palm of a hand
• 3X the 3D performance of the previous generation2
• Sharp, crystal clear digital photography
• Rapid multi-shot capabilities so users never miss a photo
• Support for up to 10 megapixel resolution
• Ultra-low power consumption
• Dedicated low-power hardware design delivers more hours of entertainment on the phone with less drain on the talk time

Other than a powerful graphic processor, the O2 Vista has a 3 megapixel camera, secondary video call camera, GPS, WiFi, bluetooth and support HSDPA data connection.

Source [it168]

Is the latest Sony Ericsson Remi the successor of Sony Ericsson T610? According to se-nse blog no confirmed model number is available yet, it has a codename “Remi” and has a similar slim body as the Sony Ericsson W890 walkman phone.

Although it is slim in its size, the source expect it to support HSDPA network and comes with a 3.2 megapixel camera.

Source [se-nse]

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